It is increasingly acknowledged that plant–soil feedbacks may play an important role in
driving the composition of plant communities and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems …

Background Plants condition the soil in which they grow, thereby altering the performance of
subsequent plants growing in this soil. This phenomenon, known as plant-soil feedback …

Fine roots, and their functional traits, influence associated rhizosphere microorganisms via
root exudation and root litter quality. However, little information is known about their …

Feedback between plants and their associated soil biota is an important driver of plant
distribution, abundance and community composition with consequences for ecosystem …

Identifying factors that influence the land surface temperature (LST) of urban forests can help
improve simulations and predictions of spatial patterns of urban cool islands. This requires a …

Dense herbaceous understorey layers can impact tree regeneration and thereby affect forest
succession. However, the implications of this interaction on large spatial and temporal …

The study of interactions and feedbacks between plants and soils is a rapidly expanding
research area, and a primary tool used in this field is to perform glasshouse experiments …

Abstract Changes in soil fertility during pedogenesis affect the quantity and quality of
resources entering the belowground subsystem. Climate governs pedogenesis, yet how …

Precipitation is a major determinant of vegetation growth. The impact of precipitation
variability is more pronounced in ecosystems where sensitive vegetation is apparent …

Plant–soil feedback (PSF) results from the influence of plants on the composition and
abundance of various taxa and functional groups of soil micro‐organisms, and their …